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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 14th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Tarrant County can recruit recent retirees from Fort Worth PD to serve three to five years with the county
- somebody who has a favorite commissioner or the county judge.
- compensation in our county by 68%.
- The county. Remember to sign up.
- Travis County or the defendant's county. as a venue for legal action brought by TMRS.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Three - Tuesday, May 5th
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Kevin Hillman is a judge from Pulaski County.
- , circuit court judges, associate circuit court judges.
- Louis County: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Gentleman from St. Louis County: Thank you, Mr.
- Louis County..." "Gentleman from St. Louis County. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- Louis County. Gentleman from St. Louis County. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Apr 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- judges and a sixth district court of appeals, 10 new circuit court judges, seven in the 20th court and
- Also, 17 new county judges, seven in Miami-Dade County, two each in Eufaula and Palm Beach counties,
- and one in Walton, Sumter, Marion, Nassau, Hernando and Clay counties.
- And I'm glad to see this in Hillsborough County; shameless plug for my district.
- in their county.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 26, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> and</c> counties, county folks, treasures and counties, county folks, treasures and clerks<00:18
- </c> department or the counties to comply. department or the counties to comply.
- in another county.
- in another county.
- in another county.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Next we have from Representative Womack, a report from City County Local. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- Obviously a judge felt like, for a period of time at least, that it was complying with his order.
- In addition, matters referred are detailed individually by the counties in the...
- So right now, they're either county employees or grant employees.
- Even if they're grant employees, they're county employees.
Committee:
All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Mar 10th, 2026
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have Senator Carter's bill allowing for counties to collaborate, come together, pool resources
- , and have a vote on building a new juvenile detention facility that spans several counties like we did
- I'm the Cole County Prosecuting Attorney here for the Missouri Prosecutors Association.
- Appreciate the service you're doing for Scott and the county center and stuff.
- I'm hoping Judge Dolan was writing that down.
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 28th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He is the Executive Director of the Santa Clara County Housing Authority.
- He is the Executive Director of the Santa Clara County Housing Authority.
- In my own home county, a disgraced former Republican county supervisor, Zach Skrivner, serves as the
- This bill has been carefully crafted to balance ensuring that judges continue to have discretion for
- The counties that are listed in the bill are my counties, and I'm not going to be supporting the bill
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through motions, appointments, and third-reading bills. Senator McNerney moved SB 1011 to the inactive file. The chamber confirmed Preston Prince to the California Housing Finance Agency Board and Stephanie Landrugin to the State Mining and Geology Board, both by recorded vote. The Senate also adopted a large consent calendar and later announced budget subcommittee meetings before adjourning House of Origin work for the year.
Several policy bills passed unanimously or with broad support. SB 1050 by Senator Ashby requires disclosure when advertisements use synthetic performers created by AI. SB 1393 by Senator McGuire updates fisheries management, including Dungeness crab rules and steelhead trout provisions. SB 995 by Senator Pérez creates stronger oversight for involuntary residential facilities, including immigration detention and secure youth treatment facilities. SB 1025 by Senator Hurtado establishes an Office of Food Security and Affordability to improve coordination of food assistance programs. SB 1266 by Senator Stern changes how copper wire theft damages are valued, SB 1211 by Senator González clarifies authority for conviction integrity units, and SB 1302 by Senator Wahab reauthorizes the Board of Registered Nursing.
The most debated measure was SB 1373 by Senator Grove, which would narrow mental health diversion eligibility and exclude certain serious offenses, especially crimes against children and other violent conduct. Supporters, including Senator Rubio and the Senate Public Safety chair, argued it preserves treatment access while restoring public safety guardrails; the bill passed 32-0. SB 1181 by Senator Hurtado, aimed at youth safety and coordination on threats such as trafficking and online exploitation, drew discussion over the removal of fusion centers from the bill; several senators supported the amended approach while others wanted more detail, and it passed 33-0. The Senate concluded by noting it had dispensed with 341 bills during the month and announced the next floor session for June 1.
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Transcript Highlights:
- administration implementation committee to develop and implement a plan for gathering data from each county
- House Bill 3499 adds one additional case that special judges can look into, and that is the issuance
- Is it because the special judges have the capacity, and this is going to reduce some of the workload.
- Within the constitution, district and associate district judges are actually set forth, and they have
- We've created the special judge classification based upon caseload, but that's purely statutory because
Bills:
HB2650 , HB2696 , HB3177 , HB3264 , HB3298 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3497 , HB3499 , HB3500 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HB3941 , HB3970 , HB3980 , HB3981 , HB4421
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It removes county prosecuting attorneys as enforcement authorities who can bring a civil action.
- It removes county prosecuting attorney and Attorney General authority to bring a civil action in response
- It removes county prosecuting attorneys as enforcement authorities who can bring a civil action.
- It removes county prosecuting attorney and attorney general authority to bring a civil action in response
- The judge may ask everyone at the hearing to turn to a certain page of the exhibit file.
Summary:
The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee met on January 28, 2026, first hearing staff briefings and then taking executive action on House Bills 1571, 2144, 2191, and 2372. HB 1571 would make heart conditions a presumptive occupational disease for certain firefighters and law enforcement officers; members spoke in support of the bill as a response to the stresses and exposures of those jobs, and it was reported out 8-1 with a do-pass recommendation. HB 2144 would require notice to employees when employers use electronic monitoring for performance evaluations. The committee considered several amendments to a proposed substitute, adopting an amendment clarifying private communications protections but rejecting amendments to broaden emergency exceptions and remove the private right of action. The bill, as amended, passed 6-3.
HB 2191 concerns wages in the construction industry and employer/contractor liability for unpaid wages. The committee considered a proposed substitute and several amendments. Members rejected amendments to include public entities as owners and to extend the right to cure to subcontractors, but adopted amendments removing Attorney General enforcement authority and making additional clarifying changes. Supporters emphasized accountability for unpaid wages and protecting vulnerable workers; opponents raised concerns about the scope of liability. The amended bill was reported out 6-3. HB 2372 would require workers’ compensation time loss benefits to include the full employer health care premium contribution rather than a partial percentage. An amendment to add L&I invoice and notice requirements and bar attorney fees on the health-care-premium portion was rejected, and the bill was then reported out 6-3.
The committee also held public hearings on HB 2563 and HB 2188. HB 2563 would allow the Office of Administrative Hearings to automatically serve unemployment-case notices electronically during a pilot period ending July 30, 2029. OAH testified that the change would reduce mailing costs and improve service, while the Unemployment Law Project warned it would harm claimants with limited digital access and create procedural barriers; no action was taken during the hearing. HB 2188 would require L&I to publish actuarial indicated workers’ compensation rates and explain when rate caps shift costs to other classes. Business groups supported the transparency measure, and L&I testified it could provide the information and that the bill would have no fiscal impact; the hearing was closed without action.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (03/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- There's an investigation, let's say, that would be conducted by the Attorney General's office or a county
- </c> Attorney General's office or a county Attorney General's office or a county attorney's<00:11:45.480
- </c> which sits un conquered marac County which sits un conquered marac County limiting<02:02:12.040>
- ><c> seemed</c><02:02:13.400><c> to</c><02:02:13.560><c> me</c> limiting it to marac County seemed to
- </c><03:28:07.000><c> serving</c> municipalities and four counties serving municipalities and four counties
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met to hear House Bill 520, which would authorize the Department of Education to issue subpoenas in investigations and hearings involving the code of conduct for New Hampshire educators. Representative Lynn, the bill sponsor, said the measure was intended to give the department standard subpoena power during investigations and in later adjudicatory proceedings, with a process for challenging overbroad subpoenas. He argued that agencies with investigative and hearing authority should also have the power to compel witnesses and documents, and said the bill was narrowed from an earlier broader draft to focus on teacher credentialing and address concerns about scope.
Members raised several concerns about whether the department already has enough authority, whether the Attorney General could handle subpoenas instead, and whether the bill creates an imbalance by giving subpoena power mainly to the investigating side. Representative Burroughs said she did not feel she had enough information and was uncomfortable with the bill, especially regarding who bears subpoena costs. Representative Biron questioned the trial analogy and whether both sides truly have equal subpoena rights. Lynn responded that the investigative stage is like a grand jury process, where only the investigating body subpoenas witnesses, while the adjudicatory stage allows both sides to seek subpoenas through the hearing officer.
Other questions focused on the bill’s scope. Representative Andreos asked what investigative authority the Department of Education already has, and Representative Organ questioned why the bill is limited to educators rather than also covering vendors, charter school boards, or the EFA scholarship organization. Lynn said the limitation to educators was deliberate, because earlier broader versions drew objections for being too expansive. Representative Tur asked whether the Attorney General could already handle such matters, and Lynn said that while the AG might be able to pursue some investigations or court subpoenas, agencies should be able to conduct their own internal investigations. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint General Fund Budget Hearings Jan 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, so that'll tell you county by county how many individuals are actually sitting in the county jail
- you county by county uh how that'll tell you county by county uh how many<02:30:29.600><c> individuals
- multiple counties.
- multiple counties.
- multiple counties.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to fund enhanced security at State Capitol, courtrooms 5/6/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Dakota County Board of Commissioners. Dakota County Board of Commissioners.
- Louis County, Minnesotans can go engage with their county government and not have to go through any security
- Members, that county board chooses to go and have their meetings in different locations in their county
- judges judges without<01:33:43.199><c> protecting</c><01:33:43.760><c> the</c><01:33:44.080><c> security
- </c><02:06:36.560><c> with</c> We we need to support our counties with We we need to support our counties
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And as was mentioned by our colleague from Orange County.
- or Republican counties but everywhere and for everyone.
- In Glenn County, it's 49%. in Riverside County it's 42 percent.
- Funding to hire firefighters in Orange County and Modesto.
- Orange County is it Orange County to please stick to the merits of the bill. It's Riverside County.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you aware how many batch plant permits there are in Harris County? 156.
- If they have road powers, we typically look at the county adjacent or the county that they're being developed
- and also with Judge Emmett, which I'm happy to see.
- We've done it, I think, in the last year, nine times with Harris County alone.
- And so the counties and local governments are essential partners with what we do.
Committee:
Senate Nominations
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Nominations met with a quorum and first took up pending nominations from an earlier agenda. Members severed Douglas McReecken, nominated to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents, from the rest of the list and then voted to report the remaining nominees to the full Senate by a 7-0 vote. The committee then voted on the severed nomination itself and reported Douglas McReecken to the full Senate as well, by a 5-2 vote.
The committee heard testimony from Brooke Pop, reappointed as chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and later from Commissioner Katarina Gonzalez, also of TCEQ. Questions focused on whether TCEQ rules comply with state law, ex parte restrictions, public transparency, concrete batch plant permitting, MUD approvals, water availability, illegal dams, enforcement, and the agency’s role in local environmental disputes. Both nominees said they follow the law as written, described internal legal review of rules, and emphasized transparency, public outreach, and enforcement; Gonzalez said she had already sent back two rules she believed did not comply with legislation. Members also discussed TCEQ’s authority limits and the need for clearer public communication about what the agency can and cannot regulate.
The committee also considered Alethea Sullivan, nominated to the Texas Southern University Board of Regents. Questions centered on TSU’s status as an independent institution, the role of HBCUs amid DEI-related legal changes, and student outcomes. Sullivan said she would focus on ensuring taxpayer and student resources produce valuable credentials and noted concerns from her review of graduation and bar passage rates. The committee then heard from Benjamin Barkley, appointed chief executive and public counsel of the Office of Public Utility Counsel. Barkley said OPUC’s main need is additional funding to recruit and retain attorneys and expert witnesses, reduce turnover, and continue representing residential and small commercial consumers in utility rate cases; he said the office was involved in 73 contested cases and saved Texans $2.2 billion in FY 2024. No final action was taken on the later nominees, and the committee recessed with nominations left pending.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Claims 4/30/26
Transcript Highlights:
- We established to the District Court in Hennepin County that he was absolutely innocent.
- The judge ended up reviewing these records in camera.
- The judge ended up reviewing these records in camera.
- The judge ended up reviewing these records in camera.
- In 2023, claimant was exonerated when the county court vacated his convictions.
Summary:
The Joint House and Senate Subcommittee on Claims convened on April 30, first without quorum and then with quorum, at which point the committee corrected and approved the prior minutes. Members then reviewed several claims held over for informational purposes, including injury claims for Fraser, Larson, Schmidt, Stuart, and Washington, and property claims for Lidberg, Robecky, and Young, with no action taken on those items.
The committee dismissed a claim by Ms. Prevally seeking reimbursement for funds liquidated from irrevocable trusts after hearing that the matter had already been litigated in court and that subcommittee rules bar claims for public assistance compensation. The panel then approved two exoneration claims: James Jovan Davis, whose murder conviction was vacated after postconviction proceedings and who settled for $250,000, and Clayton Douglas Groves, whose sexual-conduct convictions were vacated after evidence of prior false accusations was admitted and who settled for $350,000. Testimony from counsel for both claimants emphasized wrongful conviction, the length of incarceration, and negotiated settlement amounts, with members asking about the basis for the compensation and attorney-fee allocations.
The final exoneration claim, Marvin Haynes, was also approved. The committee heard that Haynes was convicted as a teenager, later exonerated after new evidence showed false evidence and suggestive eyewitness identification, and that the state and claimant had reached a $4.5 million settlement. The committee then turned to Department of Corrections injury claims, denying Arnold Baker’s claim for lack of evidence of a compensable permanent injury, and approving Mark Carroll’s claim for a $4,570.40 award after he suffered a compensable ankle fracture while working.
In property claims, the committee discussed Anthony Edwards’s claim for food, a JPay tablet, and shoes. After testimony from Department of Corrections counsel about property inventory procedures and the lack of a current replacement tablet program, members agreed to compensate Edwards $70 for the missing shoes, deny the food claim, and deny the tablet claim because the tablet had been returned and any malfunction was reported outside the department’s reporting window.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><03:05:28.280><c> Hennepin</c><03:05:28.640><c> County,</c> you're in Anoka County, Hennepin County
- , you're in Anoka County, Hennepin County, Kandiyohi<03:05:30.040><c> County</c><03:05:30.600><c> everywhere
- So interestingly enough, go back to judges. The judge dismissed and denied my HRO. It was awesome.
- . judges. judges.
- </c> The judge dismissed and denied my HRO. The judge dismissed and denied my HRO.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Judicial District Court, County of Scott, State of Minnesota, in the matter of Aaron Paul, contestant
- 06:46.960><c> County</c><00:06:47.280><c> of</c><00:06:47.440><c> Scott</c> First Judicial District County
- One of the key parts he saw was that the resource is used by counties.
- Scott County is not on the hook to cover the cost until the project is done.
- of Scott County so Scott County<00:33:47.919><c> is</c><00:33:48.159><c> not</c><00:33:49.080><c> um<
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, yes, Maricopa County. Yeah, Maricopa County. And I remember calling... Yes, Maricopa County.
- Yeah, Maricopa County.
- The judge decided to offer this product to go into your car, and you can always say, 'Hey, Judge, Your
- Rebecca Baker with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
- I want discretion given back to judges.
Bills:
HB2076 , HB2135 , HB2175 , HB2186 , HB2223 , HB2345 , HB2364 , HB2417 , HB2440 , HB2666 , HB2763 , HCR2043
Committees:
House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference
Keywords:
school safety, employee training, firearm certification, crisis response, school policies, reimbursement fund, local law enforcement, HB2135, Arizona, civil liability, private right of action, DEI, diversity equity and inclusion, critical race theory, anti-racism, race stereotyping, sex stereotyping, race scapegoating, sex scapegoating, gender identity
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So the county I served 25 years on the bench. 18 of those 25 years as chief judge of the circuit.
- I rose to the rights and and to my election is judge.
- I became the chief assistant State Attorney, Orange and Osceola County.
- It's always good to see you, Judge Perry.
- I was a state prosecutor for 3 years in Miami-Dade County.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- And this bill helps provide some personal data protection similar to judges, actually the same as judges
- </c><01:10:09.600><c> actually</c> protection similar to judges actually protection similar to judges
- Um and is a major concern for counties.
- So I think judges absolutely need that.
- And so anti-doxing crime for the judges.
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law